Necktie retainer



HL F. HOSTETTER NECKTIE RETAINER Filed Nov. 10, 1924 lll l llllllllllllllll Nov. l, 1927.

Patented Nov. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES HAROLD F. HOSTETTER, F HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA.

N ECKTIE RETAINER.

Application led November 10, 1924. Serial No. 749,051.

This invention relates to retainers in general and to necktie holders in particular and has for its principal object the prov1s1on of a simple and efiicient retaining device of n such type as to be peculiarly adapted to the retaining of the depending ends of a fourin-hand necktie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple necktie retaining means which cannot be seen when in use and which- 420 common form of necktie holder on the market today is that of the clasp usually of gold or of silver and which pinches both of the free ends of the necktie to the front of the shirt but naturally the scarfis held slightly to one side of plumb in order to allow the clasp to fasten to the edge ofthe shirt. Other devices of the character are objection.- able in that they have prongs which fasten into the scart and often tear it while still others are objectionable in that they are visible in whole or in part. In the retaining device here presented the retainer is intended to be entirely hidden and being preferably ot' soft flexible material cannot injure the scarf in any way. At the same time, it is easy to apply and very convenient and easy to use.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a our-in-hand 40 `ueckte embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view.

Figure 3 is a rear View of the wider portion of the tie.

The four-in-hand necktie shown in the drawings is an example showing the use of my retainer and while this is the `preerred use ot the invention, it is obvious that same may be applied to other materials to be secured against swinging in a. similar fashion and manner. The front or outer end portion of the tie is denoted l in the drawings, and as customary in the art, it is somewhat Wider than the under portion 2. My retainer is preferably formed of a length of inconspicuous material such Jfor example as a cord of soft textile fabric of substantially the col'or of the scarf, secured at each end as at 3, 3 to the outer and wider end of the tie at a distance from the free end of approximately half the length of the two end portions when the scarf is tied. The cord is formed ino a small bight 5 by means of the stitching 4 such bight forming a button engaging loop and being located so as to aline with one of the buttons 6 on the bosom of the shirt 7 of the wearer. Bight 9 is formed between the two ends 3 and the stitching 4 through which bight the narrower and under end of the scarf may be threaded after the scarf has been tied in theusual manner.

I prefer that the ends 3 of the retainer should be substantially parallel with the edge of the scarf rather than turned inward and I also prefer that the entire loop shall be in a single plane rather than crossing the cord at the line of stitching 4 as each of these tends to make the retainer lie somewhat smoother in use and to give maximum yielding of the necktie in order to obviate the stili appearance of the tie had with the use of some depressors. The sequence of use of the bight and loop are quite immaterial. Personally I prefer to tie this scarf in the usual manner without reference to the retainer, then slip the under end through the bight 9 and linally secure the small loop 5 to the adjacent button,

What I claim is:

In a retainer for a four-in-hand necktie, a soft lexible cord having each of its ends secured to the rear of the wider outer portion of the necktie substantially parallel to the two side edges so as to form an extensive bight lying tlat against said wider portion and serving to receive the narrower portion of the necktie when tied, said cord being secured to itself at the center oi said bight to form a button engaging loop to secure said flexible cord to the shirt of the wearer, yieldably to limit the swinging of the ends of the tie.

In testimonywhereof I alix my signature.

HAROLD F. HOS'IET'IER. 

